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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Jeremy Dodd, Gerrards Cross, GB;
Alan Stockwell, Woking, GB;
Assignee:
Quadrise Limited, Gerrards Cross, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/32 ;
Abstract
A gas turbine is driven by combustion of a fuel which is a hydrocarbon oil-in-water emulsion. Successful operation is achieved with minimized corrosion of turbine blades by keeping the Na content of the emulsion to less than 1 ppm. Deionized water is generally to be used in making up the emulsion. Heavy oils can be used because their conversion to oil-in-water emulsion form makes them suited to the pre-atomization requirements of gas turbine combustion.